Thursday, January 15, 2009

Cholera: 'Highly lethal' strain kills 38 in Mozambique

It is feared that water contaminated by cholera is seeping into the wells which much of the Nampula city population relies on for its drinking water.

NVDL: More people have died from cholera in Zim than from the war in Gaza - so far more than twice as many.
There is also cholera in Nigeria, Malawi and Zambia.
clipped from allafrica.com

Maputo — At least 38 people have died in a cholera outbreak in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula that began in late December, according to a report in Wednesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".

This is a high lethality rate, since, according to the statistics of the Provincial Health Directorate, only 210 cases of the disease have so far been diagnosed in Nampula. A cholera treatment centre has been opened in the provincial capital, Nampula city, and on Monday 40 people were hospitalised there. Other parts of the province reporting cases of the disease are Monapo, Malema and Mecuburi districts.

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